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Rockin' Remnants





Rockin' Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9pm! (Or download the WVBR+ app now available for iOS and Android!)


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Date:  February 18, 2023

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  no theme

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

Feb 12   – Ray Manzarek (Doors) – born in 1939

 

Feb 13   – Tennessee Ernie Ford – born in 1919

            – Peter Tork (Monkees) – born in 1942

            – King Floyd – born in 1945

 

Feb 14   – Maceo Parker – age 80

 

Feb 15   – Brian Holland – age 82

 

Feb 16   – Hal & Herbie Kalin – born in 1934

            – Otis Blackwell – born in 1931

 

Feb 17   – Gene Pitney – born in 1940

 

Feb 18   – Irma Thomas – age 82

            – Robbie Bachman – born in 1953

 

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

There were 2 songs in the 1960s that each spent 9 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.  The first was The Theme From “A Summer Place”, by Percy Faith, in 1960.  What was the other? 

 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)

 

 

 

 

 

Playlist

 

 

·       yellow song titles are YouTube links

·       songs with * were requests

·       all chart information comes from the Billboard Top 100 (for chart dates before/during July 1958) or Billboard Hot 100 (for chart dates during/after Aug 1958) unless otherwise noted

·       a glossary of terms is below the playlist

 

 

 

 

 

6-7pm  

 

 

OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

 

Corinna, Corinna – Ray Peterson (1960, peaked at #9 in early 1961)

 

 

Let Me In – The Sensations (1962, #4)

 

Five O’Clock World – The Vogues (1965, reached #4 in early 1966)

 

 * I’d Wait A Million Years – The Grass Roots (1969, #15)

 

 

Soul Deep – The Box Tops (1969, #18)

 

Ginny Come Lately – Brian Hyland (1962, #21)

 

Lonely Blue Boy – Conway Twitty (1959, peaked at #6 in early 1960)

 

 * Blowin’ In The Wind – Peter, Paul, & Mary (1963, #2)

 

Treat Her Right – Roy Head (1965, #2 for two weeks)

 

My Old Car – Lee Dorsey (1967, #97)

  

 

Thank You Pretty Baby – Brook Benton (1959, #16)

 

Rock And Cry – Clyde McPhatter (1957, #93)

 

Love Is Strange – Mickey & Sylvia (1957, #11, #1 on the R&B chart)

 

Wanting You – Garnett Mimms

 

Rhythm Of The Rain – The Cascades (1963, #3, #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)

  

 

Time – The Pozo-Seco Singers (1966, #47)

 

Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)

 

(Love Me) Now – The Angels (1963, b-side of My Boyfriend’s Back)

 

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

The Spy – The Doors (from the 1970 album Morrison Hotel)

 

Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955, #1 for eight weeks)

 

Daydream Believer – The Monkees (1967, #1 for four weeks)

 

Groove Me – King Floyd (1970, reached #6 in early 1971, spent four weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)

 

I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown (1965, #3, spent six weeks at #1 on the R&B chart, with Maceo Parker on sax)

 

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – Marvin Gaye (1964, peaked at #6 in early 1965, written by the Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland)

 

 

 

When – The Kalin Twins (1958, #5)

 

Forget Me Not – The Kalin Twins (1958, #12)

 

Handy Man – Jimmy Jones (1959, reached #2 in early 1960, one of many great songs written by Otis Blackwell)

 

(I Wanna) Love My Life Away – Gene Pitney (1961, #39, his first Hot 100 hit)

 

It’s Raining – Irma Thomas (1962, did not chart)

  

 

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974, #1)

 

Don’t You Just Know It – Huey “Piano” Smith & The Clowns (1958, #9, in memory of Huey “Piano” Smith who died on Feb 13)

 

Pata Pata – Miriam Makeba (1967, #12)

 

Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) – The Cookies (1963, #7)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

Easy Rollin’ – The Rascals (from 1967 album Once Upon A Dream)

 

Drift Away – Dobie Gray (1973, #5)

 

Ring My Bell – Anita Ward (1979, #1 for two weeks)

   

 

Love Train – The O’Jays (1973, #1 for one week)

 

One Bad Apple – The Osmonds (1971, #1 for five weeks)

 

Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me – Mac Davis (1970, #1 for three weeks)

 

Hey Jude – The Beatles (1968, #1 for nine weeks)

 

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head – BJ Thomas (1969, #1 for four weeks in early 1970)

 

Shambala – BW Stevenson (1973, #66)

 

One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (Part I) – Honey Cone (1971, reached #15 in early 1972)

 

The Show Must Go On – Leo Sayer

 

One Toke Over The Line – Brewer & Shipley (1971, #10)

 

 

CLOSING THEME:  Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)

 

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

 

The other song in the 1960s to spend 9 weeks at #1 was Hey Jude by The Beatles, in 1968.

 

Congratulations to Tina from Danby, for correctly answering the question and winning two passes to Cinemapolis!

 

 

 

 

Glossary of Terms:

dnc = did not chart

nr = not released as a single at the time

AC = Billboard’s chart for “Adult Contemporary” records

BB = Billboard Magazine, which publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known as the Top 100), along with several other charts

Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked but fell below the top 100

C&W = Billboard’s chart for “Country & Western” records

R&B = Billboard’s chart for “Rhythm & Blues” records

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

RS500 = Rolling Stone Magazine’s ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host Next Week (Feb 25):  Gregory James with a spotlight on Feb 1959, Feb 1969, and Feb 1979

 

 

 

 

 

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